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Americans pass pandemic holiday on beaches, in parks as death toll nears 100,000
Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person wearing a mask was a constant reminder that the world is still battling the coronavirus pandemic. The Memorial Day weekend that signals
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Pakistani airliner crashes in Karachi, many feared dead
KARACHI: An Airbus plane with 99 on board crashed into a residential area of the Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday while on approach to the airport, with at least one passenger surviving but many others feared dead, officials said.
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U.S. envoy to press Taliban, Afghan officials on peace talks
WASHINGTON: A senior U.S. envoy left for Doha and Kabul on Sunday to press Taliban and Afghan government officials to open peace talks that the United States hopes will allow it to withdraw from Afghanistan, the U.S. State Department said.
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Chinese embassy says Australia claim of WHA vindication ‘a joke’
SYDNEY: The Chinese Embassy in Australia said it was “nothing but a joke” for Australia to claim that a World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution that calls for an inquiry into the coronavirus was a vindication of Canberra’s push for a
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Coronavirus deadliest in New York City’s black and Latino neighborhoods, data shows
NEW YORK: Some New York City neighborhoods have seen death rates from the novel coronavirus nearly 15 times higher than others, according to data released by New York City’s health department on Monday, showing the disproportionate toll taken on poor
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Coronavirus: Trump taking unproven drug hydroxychloroquine
NEW YORK: The phased reopening of U.S. business and social life gained traction on Monday with more Americans emerging from coronavirus lockdowns and financial markets boosted by promising early results from the first U.S. vaccine trial in humans. News of
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Special Report: Caught in Trump-China feud, WHO leader under siege
When the head of the World Health Organization returned from a whirlwind trip to Beijing in late January, he wanted to praise China’s leadership publicly for its initial response to the new coronavirus. Several advisers suggested he tone the message
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Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases
BRASILIA: Brazil’s confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of Spain and Italy, which was once the epicenter of the pandemic, making Brazil’s outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official figures. Brazil’s Health
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Reflections: PN model towards non-Malays is basically the BN model
Two years ago on this date, Malaysia underwent its first change of government. The PH government lasted for about twenty months. There are about four book projects (and countless articles) I am aware of that will try to explain why
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California moving university classes online as Fauci warns of reopening too soon
LOS ANGELES: California’s state university system, the largest in the United States, on Tuesday canceled classes on campus for the fall semester and moved instruction online because of the coronavirus, while Los Angeles County said its stay-at-home order was likely
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